वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-96, verse-1

अवाङ्मुखमथो दीनं दृष्ट्वा सोममिवाप्लुतम् ।
राघवं लक्ष्मणो वाक्यं हृष्टो मधुरमब्रवीत् ॥१॥

1. avāṅmukhamatho dīnaṃ dṛṣṭvā somamivāplutam ,
rāghavaṃ lakṣmaṇo vākyaṃ hṛṣṭo madhuramabravīt.

1. avāṅmukham atho dīnam dṛṣṭvā somam iva āplutam
rāghavam lakṣmaṇaḥ vākyam hṛṣṭaḥ madhuram abravīt

1. atho hṛṣṭaḥ lakṣmaṇaḥ avāṅmukham dīnam somam iva
āplutam rāghavam dṛṣṭvā madhuram vākyam abravīt

1. Then, seeing Rāghava, downcast and dejected like the moon eclipsed, Lakshmana, full of joy, spoke sweet words.

Words meanings summery:

• अवाङ्मुखम् (avāṅmukham) - downcast (Rāghava) (downcast face, face turned downwards, depressed)

• अथो (atho) - then, now (then, thereupon, and now)

• दीनम् (dīnam) - dejected (Rāghava) (pitiable, miserable, dejected)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - seeing (having seen, perceiving)

• सोमम् (somam) - the moon (moon, Soma (a deity or plant))

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if, indeed)

• आप्लुतम् (āplutam) - eclipsed (immersed, covered, enveloped, eclipsed, affected)

• राघवम् (rāghavam) - Rāma (Rāghava, a descendant of Raghu (Rāma))

• लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Lakshmana (Lakshmana (brother of Rāma))

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, sentence)

• हृष्टः (hṛṣṭaḥ) - full of joy (joyful, delighted, glad, excited)

• मधुरम् (madhuram) - sweet (words) (sweet, pleasant, charming)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (spoke, said, uttered)

Words meanings and morphology

अवाङ्मुखम् (avāṅmukham) - downcast (Rāghava) (downcast face, face turned downwards, depressed)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of avāṅmukha

avāṅmukha - downward-faced, having a downcast face

Compound type : bahuvrihi (avāc+mukha)

• avāc – downward, below
  adjective
• mukha – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes Rāghava.

अथो (atho) - then, now (then, thereupon, and now)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the previous events to Lakshmana's action.

दीनम् (dīnam) - dejected (Rāghava) (pitiable, miserable, dejected)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dīna

dīna - pitiable, miserable, dejected

Past Passive Participle

From root dī-4 (dīyate)

Root: dī (class 4)

Note: Describes Rāghava.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - seeing (having seen, perceiving)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root dṛś-1 (paśyati)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Modifies the main verb 'abravīt'.

सोमम् (somam) - the moon (moon, Soma (a deity or plant))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of soma

soma - moon, Soma (plant and deity)

Note: Object of comparison with Rāghava.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle for comparison.

आप्लुतम् (āplutam) - eclipsed (immersed, covered, enveloped, eclipsed, affected)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āpluta

āpluta - immersed, covered, enveloped, eclipsed, affected

Past Passive Participle

From root plu-1 (plavate) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Describes the 'somam' (moon).

राघवम् (rāghavam) - Rāma (Rāghava, a descendant of Raghu (Rāma))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, (an epithet of Rāma)

Derived from Raghu

Note: Object of 'dṛṣṭvā'.

लक्ष्मणः (lakṣmaṇaḥ) - Lakshmana (Lakshmana (brother of Rāma))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (Rāma's brother)

Note: Subject of the main verb 'abravīt'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

हृष्टः (hṛṣṭaḥ) - full of joy (joyful, delighted, glad, excited)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hṛṣṭa

hṛṣṭa - joyful, delighted, excited

Past Passive Participle

From root hṛṣ-4 (hṛṣyati)

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Describes Lakshmana.

मधुरम् (madhuram) - sweet (words) (sweet, pleasant, charming)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of madhura

madhura - sweet, pleasant, charming

Note: Describes 'vākyam'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (spoke, said, uttered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect (Laṅ)

Root brū-2 (bravīti)

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.